Frame for suspending buckets



(No Model.)

F. SCHILLINGER. FRAME FOR SUSPENDING BUCKETS.

NO. 445,719. Ptented Feb. 8,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

FREDERICK SCHILLINGER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

FRAME FOR SUSPENDING BUCKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,719, dated February3, 1891.

' Application filed April 21, 1890. Serial N0- 3481948. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SCHIL- LINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Skeleton Framefor Suspending Buekets; and Ido hereby declare that the following isafull, clear, and eX- aet description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the aceompanying drawing, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a skeleton frame for snspending bnekets.

In buekets as ordinarily constructed the eyes in which the bail issecnred are not strong enough to bear any great weight, as when thebucket is used for earrying mortar, asphaltum, tar, or other heavysubstances, but frequently break or tear out of the Wood, thus making itnecessary to replace them with new ones or east the buekets aside asnseless. It is the object of this invention to overcome these 'obstaclesby producing an adjustable skeleton frame which may bc adapted to fitbuckets of various sizes, and providing the said frame with a bailwhereby old, bailless, or otherwise useless buckets maybe utilized andmade to perform services which a new bucket could not stand.

With this object in view the invention consists in the combination ofaseries of adjustable hoops, adjustable straps conneeting the same, anda bail carried by two of the said straps.

The accompanying drawing shows a perspective viewof a skeleton. frameconstrueted in accordanee with my invention.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the frame, which isrconstruetedof a series of metallic hoops 1 and approximately right-angli`larly-bent straps 2, which are secnred to the hoops by means of rivets3. Two of the straps extend up beyond the top hoop and have their endsbent over to forrn hooks or partial loops 4, adapted to be engaged byloops 5 on bail 6, which construction will admit of the bail beingremoved when desired. The hoops are constructed in Sections, as shown,the ends of one section being slottcd, as at 7, through which slotsextend threaded pins 8 carried by the other section, and on the threadedportion of each pin is placed a thumb-nut 9. Thns, when it is desired toinerease or diminish the diameter of the hoops it is only necessary toloosen the thumb-nuts, adj ust the hoops to the desired diameter, andthen tighten'thein, when the parts willbe held in their adjustedposition. The bases of the straps pass under the lower hoop and areprovided upon their inner ends with slots 10, in which is looselymounted a fiat-headed rivet 11 for holding the sections together, thethumb-nut being dispensed with at this point, as the adj Listing of thehoops holds the bases in their proper position.

Having thus fully deseribed my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a skeleton frame forbuckets, the combination of a series of adjustable hoops, adjnstablestraps conneeting the same, and a bail carried by two of the saidstraps.

In testiniony that I elaim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK SCLHLLINGER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WEBSTER, CARROLL J. WEBSTER.

